Here’s how to chant the Gloria in excelsis, according to the following setting from the 1982 Hymnal. (Scroll down for Youtube video.)
How to Chant the Phos Hilaron (Tallis)
If you’d like to chant the Phos Hilaron, I recommend the following setting from The Hymnal 1982. “O Gracious Light, Lord Jesus Christ,” The Hymnal 1982, #25 “Phos Hilaron,” Church of the Apostles in Seattle, WA It’s not exactly the same, but you the following rendition(s) of the Phos are clearly based on the setting above by Thomas Tallis.
The Calendar of Saints: A Rookie Anglican Guide
Anglicans celebrate feast days for saints to honor exemplary Christian lives, rooted in biblical teachings on imitation. This practice evolved from early church commemorations of martyrs like Polycarp. While Reformation efforts simplified the calendar, Anglicans now recognize both historical and contemporary figures, maintaining focus on Christ as the central figure in worship.
The 2019 Book of Common Prayer: A Rookie Anglican Guide
In 2019, the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) released its official edition of the Book of Common Prayer. As we explain in the Rookie Anglican Guide to the Book of Common Prayer (AKA “BCP”), the Book of Common Prayer is the comprehensive service book for Anglican churches (churches that trace their lineage back to…
Ordinary Time: A Rookie Anglican Guide to the Season after Trinity
Welcome to Ordinary Time! Now, if you’re like me, you might hear “Ordinary Time” as “boring time,” but that’s not the case! The Church Year revolves around two cycles: first, the Christmas cycle (Advent, Christmas, Epiphany). Next, the cycle shifts to the Easter cycle (Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Pentecost). The rest of the year is…
Get Dirty: Three Reasons We Should Observe Rogation Days
The sixth Sunday of Eastertide, known as Rogation Sunday, is a day that Anglican pastors should get dirt on their vestments. Dirtying their vestments is encouraged and expected. The psalmist said ‘all flesh is like grass,’ so it’s good that the people of God walk along grass in worship and praise a few times a…
Here’s How to Resist the Church’s “Conspiracy of Cordiality”
The following quote is from Stanley Hauerwas’ book Resident Aliens. It has hung in my office for years and I find myself reading on many occasions. As a college chaplain, I am often thinking about how to talk to my students about church; what it is, what it isn’t, why they need to be a…
Why We Cry for Notre Dame
The horrific fire at Notre-Dame de Paris on Monday has captured many of us. Nearly every tourist who has been to France has visited it. Nearly everyone who has an image of Paris has Notre Dame at the center. Seemingly floating on the Île de la Cité, it actually is at the heart, sectioned off…
Holy Week: A Rookie Anglican Guide
Starting on Palm Sunday, Holy Week begins. As I put it in my overview of the Church calendar and the Christian liturgical year, The last week of Lent, Holy Week, remembers the last week of Christ’s earthly life, beginning with Palm Sunday’s commemoration of Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Holy Week is the week between…
REVIEW: “Ever Ancient, Ever New,” by Winfield Bevins
“What is the allure of liturgy for a new generation?” Based upon his field research over the past few years, Winfield Bevins has provided us with a book-length answer to this question in Ever Ancient, Ever New: The Allure of Liturgy for a New Generation. I’m very glad he’s done so, because this question is…
What’s Drawing a New Generation to Liturgy? An Interview with Author Winfield Bevins
UPDATE: Read our review of this book. Winfield Bevins has been a part of the team here at Anglican Pastor for a while now. (Click here to read his posts.) We’re excited to announce the publication of his latest book, Ever Ancient, Ever New: The Allure of Liturgy for a New Generation on March 5,…
Designed for Mission: The Typography of the ACNA’s New Prayer Book
(Read our Rookie Anglican Guide to the ACNA’s 2019 BCP here.) If you went into an Anglican Church in South Africa, and were handed a Prayer Book, it would be in the Xhosa language. Moments after entering, the officiant starts praying, you glance down and your eyes see the following text: Aze ati, Nkosi, vula…
